Container



R. W. KROUT Aug. 13,1935.

CONTAINER Filed Feb. 20', 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ay Wjaz/,

BY H' ATTORNEYS wol/Ld, xobe7 1- 7141-9 R. W. KROUT Aug. 13, .1935.

CONTANER 'Filed Feb. 20, 19:51

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR MYC/nani M i Mln-9 ATTORNEYS f Patented Aug.13, 1935 v PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Ray W. Krout, Paterson, N. J.,assignor to Charms Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation of Dela- WareApplication February 20, 1931, Serial No. 517,196

1 Claim.

This invention relates toa container for candy -or` the like.

Among the objects of this invention are the Vprovision of a containerillustrated in the form of a bag, comprising an inner wall which may bemade of relatively thin and weak exible transparent waterproof materialand an outer wall or" relatively strong and stil transparent woven orterial; the provision of a base for supporting the bag in uprightposition and including means to which the walls of the bag may bereadily secured; the provision of improved means for connecting theedges of the material forming the bag and for closing and forming thebase of the bag; and the provision of a bag which is'economi'cal tomanufacture, may be easily assembled, and is pleasing in appearance.

Other objects will be apparent from the'following description taken inconnection with the drawings, in which, p I

Fig. 1 shows a bag constructed according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the bag shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows a modied form of bag and base therefor;

Fig. 4 shows another modified form of bag;

Fig. 5 showsthe bag in Fig. 4 collapsed or folded for storing orshipping;

Fig. 6 is a cross section of thebag on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on the line 'l-T of Fig. 5.

Candy bags or containersconstructed of re generated cellulose sheetingfor protecting the candy against dust and moisture and for displayingthe candy are well-known. It has been found that regenerated cellulosesheeting which is strong enough for this purpose contains glycerinewhich causes the candy to stick to the regenerated cellulose sheetingdue to moisture given off from the candy. A candy stick-proofregenerated cellulose sheeting has been developed but' this regeneratedcellulose sheeting is relatively Weak, and is not adapted'ior purposesof this sort unless it is protected against crushing and breaking by aseparate cover provided for this purpose. i

In the embodiments disclosed in Figs. 1, 2 and 43, the bag comprisesan'inner wall I I) of stickproof regenerated cellulose sheeting Vwhichmay be made relatively thin as it is protected by an outside Wall orcover II which may be made of relatively strong and stii tarlatan of anysuitable desired color to make the package attractive 'and `tarlatanwith adjacent or overlapping edges 22 of any suitable desired size mesh.This combination of inner and outerA walls produces a bag which iswaterproof, stick-proof, and which is relatively stiff and strong.The'inner and outer walls I0 and II may be formed as seamless tubes 5 ormay be formed out of strips of material folded or rolled so as toproduce tubes,` the abutting or l overlapping edges of which may besecured tootherwise fabricated open mesh or perforated magether inanywell-known manner.

For the purpose of giving strength to the bag 1 so as to support it inupright position a base I2, Fig. 2, may be provided. This base is in theform of a disk for bags of the shape shown in Fig. 1 and is preferablyprovided with a central hole I3 into which the ends of the tubescomprising the inner and outer walls I Il and -I I are tucked and heldfrictionally. i

After candy has been placed in the bag in any suitable manner the upperportion of the bag may be tied with a ribbon I4 of any desired coior. 20The ribbon securely seals this end of the bag. The 4outer wall IIprotects the inner wall I0 against rupture at this point and is ofsuicient strength to be drawn tightly around the candy which alsoassists in supporting the 'bag in upo right position with respect to itsbase. The inner wall of regenerated cellulose sheeting may be relativelyloose to place the strain entirely on the outer' Walleor covering oftarlatan.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3 the con- 30 tainer or bag is ofrectangular cross section. It is clear, of course, that 4the bag may bemade of any cross section appealing to the buyer or appropriate to theshape of the candy, and likewise the strands or meshes and openings inthe outer wall may be of any suitable design and arrangement. In thisconstruction the base comprises an inner member I5 of any relativelystili material which in this instance may be imperforate. The base alsoincludes an outside member I6 which may be provided with an upstandingilangel'l.-

' The construction of the bases `I5 and I6 may be such that the ends ofthe inner and outer walls may be' clamped between them and the base I6may be held in position by frictional contact. If desired, these partsmay be secured together by an adhesive or any other suitable means.

In the construction shown in Figs. 4, 5; 6 and 7, the inner wall Iaofthe bag may be made of a 50 sheet of regenerated cellulose sheeting withfreely overlapping edges 20 and 2 I, as indicated in Fig. 6. The outerwall IIa may be made of a sheet of and 23, Figs. 6 and 7, which may besecured to' 55 gether in overlapping relation by inner and outer strips2d and 25, of paper or the like, preferably secured to the inner andouter edges 22 and 23 and to each other by any suitable adhesive and inany suitable manner.

After the inner and outer walls have been assembled, the lower ends ofthe sides opposite to the paper strips 26 and 25 are folded inwardlytoward the paper strips after which the portions between the folded sideand the paper strips are folded toward each other upon the firstfolded-in portion, after which the lower ends of the paper strips arefolded in upon the folded-in portions. An adhesive is preferably appliedto the lower end of the inner side of the inner strip of paper 2libefore it is folded inwardly. This constitutes the base of the bag whichas shown in Fig. 7 may be folded against the main body of the bag andheld there while the adhesive is drying and also for facilitatingpacking for shipment or storage.

It is obvious that during manufacture the inner and outer walls may bemade in long sections either separately and later assembled, or may beassembled automatically as they are formed into a tube, and that ineither case the paper strips may be applied during this operation. Anysuitable lengths may be cut off from long sections and formed into bags,as described. The strips of paper may be relatively stii to add rigidityto the bag when filled and to facilitate handling and mung. y p,

As shown in Fig. 4, the l"upper end of the bag may be closed by a ribbonas in the rst embodi- -particularity as to several embodiments of theinvention it is to be understood, of course, that the principles of thisinvention might be carried out by other embodiments, and that the termsused in the claim are words of description and not of limitation.A

What I claim is:

A container comprising an inner tubular wall of flexible transparentmaterial, an outer/tubular wall of substantially inextensible strongstiff open mesh fabric, and means for bringing corresponding ends of thetubular members into contact for `securing them together to constitutethe closed end of the container,ns aid tubular walls being separatelyformed and free from each other eX-.

cept at said base wherebyv the other corresponding ends of said tubularwalls may be drawn tightly around the contents of the container withoutplacing any strain on the inner tubular member.

RAY W. AEQDUT.

